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词条 Ernest J. H. Mackay
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Indus valley civilisation

  3. Books published

  4. Article

  5. References

  6. External links

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|name = Ernest J. H. Mackay
|image = Ernest_J._H._Mackay.jpg
|caption = Ernest Mackay, Archeologist
|birth_name = Ernest John Henry Mackay
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|7|5|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Bristol, England
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|10|2|1880|7|5|df=yes}}
|death_place = London, England
|other_names = Mackay
|known_for = Excavation at Mohenje-daro
|occupation = Archaeologist
|nationality = United Kingdom
}}

Ernest John Henry Mackay (5 July 1880 – 2 October 1943) was an archeologist from Bristol and is well known for his excavations and studies of Mohenjo-daro and other sites belonging to the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Early life

Ernest John Henry Mackay was from Bristol and attended Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University securing BA, MA and DLitt. He married Dorothy Mary Simmons in 1912, who was an anthropologist and they had one son. Between 1907 and 1912 Mackay carried out archaeological excavations in Egypt and then spent three years on a photographic survey of the Theban Tombs.[1] During the First World War Mackay served as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt and Palestine with the Imperial Camel Corps, in 1919 he was a member of an Army Commission for the survey of ancient monuments in Palestine and Syria.[1] From 1919 to 1922 he was Custodian of Antiquities for the Palestine government.[1]

Indus valley civilisation

Ernest Mackay is well known for his excavations at Mohenjo-daro which was at its peak between 2500 BC and 1900 BC. He did major excavations at this site from 1926 to 1931 and published detailed site report during 1936-37, which was published during 1942. He also did planning of excavation of Chanhudaro, along with W.Norman Brown and visited Chanhudaro in 1935-36 along with his wife.[2]

Books published

  • Chanhu-daro excavation, 1935-36. Pub. June 1942[3]
  • Indus Civilisation[6]
  • City of Shepherd Kings and Ancient Gaza V (British School Archaeology in Egypt). With W.M.Flinders Petrie[4]
  • Further Excavations At Mohenjo-daro

Article

  • {{cite journal | author = E.J.H. Mackay | authorlink =Ernest J. H. Mackay| title = Observations on a megalithic building at Bet Sawir (Palestine)| url = https://archive.org/details/journalofpalesti01paleuoft/page/95/mode/1up| journal = Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society | volume = 1 | year = 1920 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/journalofpalesti01paleuoft/page/95/mode/1up 95]–102}}

References

1. ^"Obituary." Times [London, England] 5 Oct. 1943: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Possehl|first1=Gregory L.|title=Ernest J. H. Mackay and the Penn Museum|url=http://penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/52-1/research%20notes.pdf|website=www.pen.museum|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum|accessdate=16 November 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Chanbu-daro excavation, 1935-36|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16740776?selectedversion=NBD6520693|website=Trove.nla.gov.au|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 November 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Ernest J. H. MacKay|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AErnest%20J.%20H.%20MacKay|website=amazon.com|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=17 November 2014}}

External links

  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Ernest J. H. Mackay}}
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8 : 1880 births|1943 deaths|English archaeologists|Royal Army Medical Corps officers|People from Bristol|People educated at Bristol Grammar School|Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London|Alumni of the University of Bristol

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